Several of the top-ranked high school basketball teams in the state will highlight the 2009 Les Schwab BC Christmas Classic as 12 area teams take part in some holiday hoops on Monday through Wednesday. …

The Stanford basketball team received a second oral commitment from an area player — Vashon High School’s John Gage, who decided Sunday to play for Johnny Dawkins beginning in 2010, he said in an email to seattlepi.com. …

Blaine Lints, a 15-year-old sophomore from Newport High School, will attempt to mountain bike 23 miles, road bike 46 miles, kayak 12 miles and run more than 19 miles Sunday in the Mountains to Sound Relay, a fund-raiser for the Seattle Running Club. …